Tag: Ether

Ether 12 The words of ether must have really touched Moroni. In some ways it might have been like having his father back with him because Mormon also spoke about faith in similarly powerful ways.

Ether 11 It must have been saddening for the brother of Jared to wetness this period if history asking his people (and I’m confident that he did see their destruction in vision while he was their leader).

Ether 10 We are told that the lost tribes of Israel will come from the north countries. I had always assumed that meant the north countries of Europe and/or Asia. The through struck me today that it would be just as true if they were to come from the north countries of North America.

Ether 9 The people must have been very wicked to tolerate having a king who had killed his own father in order to gain the throne.

Ether 8 The stories in this chapter, when properly considered, indicate a society of very long-lived people generally. I wonder what kind of friend Omer thought Akish to be.

Ether 7 It always surprises me that righteousness among the Jaredites only lasted for about 1 generation before the kingdom first became divided. Although I realize that’s one generation more than the seed of Lehi – probably because everyone came willingly unlike Laman and Lemuel.

Ether 5 – 6 Moroni told Joseph Smith that he might be able to show the plates to a few who would help bring them forth. I had always assumed that many the the witnesses but I realize now that the declaration that “unto three shall they be shown by the power of God” indicates…

Ether 4 Were the things recorded by the brother of Jared openly taught among the Nephites after Christ visited them? Whether in this life or the next, I look forward to learning what was revealed to the brother of Jared.

Ether 3 I wonder what the brother of Jared had in mind when he asked the Lord to touch the stones with His finger considering that the brother of Jared didn’t realize that the Lord had a form similar to man’s. I’m not sure if the two stones that the brother if Jared was told…

Ether 2 Why did the Jaredites bring birds and fish with them? It seems to me that birds and fish would be available wherever they settled and in the case of fish if there were none it would be because there was no place they could live. Bees make sense because they are so important…